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The result was: promoted by   HalfGig   talk  02:54, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Jumpin' at the Woodside

 * ... that Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside" is about a Harlem hotel where African-American jazz musicians and baseball players stayed during racial segregation? Source: "When the Elites went to New York, we stayed at the Woodside Hotel. The Woodside was a famous hotel because that's where a lot of jazz musicians stayed. There was even a song about it called "Jumpin' at the Woodside." It was a favorite of Count Basie's Band....They had a nightclub right there at the Woodside, so you could stay there and go see the show that evening." (Robinson, Frazier; Bauer, Paul (1999). Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues. p. 131. )
 * ALT1:... that Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside" was the accompaniment to a famous Lindy Hop dance routine by the troupe Whitey's Lindy Hoppers? Source: "Lastly, and most famously, were Whitey’s Steppers, popularly known as “Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers.” Almost all of the major songs in the original show were accompanied by dance routines, but the Lindy Hop routine (performed to the song “Jumping at the Woodside”) was by far the most famous. Astounding in its accuracy and athleticism, it took the audience’s breath away every night. Fortunately, a version of the routine (to different music) is preserved in the otherwise forgettable 1941 film version of Hellzapoppin." (Marshall, Jack; Krentzlin, Doug; Fuller, Thomas D. The Screamlined Revue! Hellzapoppin (Audience Guide) p. 15.)
 * ALT2:... that Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside" would play just before Gene Gene the Dancing Machine performed on The Gong Show? Source: "At a random moment during the game show, Barris would introduce Patton, and the curtain would part, bringing the shuffling stagehand with the painter’s cap onstage to the sounds of “Jumpin’ at the Woodside,” a jazz tune made popular by Count Basie. His dance sent everyone on the set — Barris, the judges, the cameramen, the audience — into an uncontrollable boogie." (Hollywood Reporter)
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5x expanded by Krelnik (talk). Self-nominated at 20:44, 28 February 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Hook 1 - definitely the most interesting - is cited and the right length. Article is long enough, well cited, neutral, and shows no signs of copyvio. This is the author's 4th DYK, so no QPQ is needed (next time there will have to be one though). And the song is catchy. Smurrayinchester 16:10, 2 March 2017 (UTC)